[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 14485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-1236]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-54,986]


Matsushita Electronic Components Corporation of America, a 
Subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, Including 
Leased Workers of Staffing Solutions, Now Known as Panasonic Electronic 
Devices Corporation of America, Knoxville, TN; Amended Certification 
Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and 
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

    In accordance with section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2273) the Department of Labor issued Amended Certification Regarding 
Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative 
Trade Adjustment Assistance on June 16, 2004, applicable to workers of 
Matsushita Electronic Components Corporation of America, a subsidiary 
of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, including leased workers 
of Staffing Solutions, Knoxville, Tennessee. The notice was published 
in the Federal Register on July 7, 2004 (69 FR 40984).
    At the request of a company official, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers are engaged 
in the production of speakers, capacitors and aluminum foil.
    New information shows that as the result of a corporate decision, 
Matsushita Electronic Components Corporation of America, a subsidiary 
of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America will become known as 
Panasonic Electronic Devices Corporation of America as of April 1, 
2005. Workers separated from employment as the subject firm will have 
their wages reported under a separate unemployment insurance (UI) tax 
account for Panasonic Electronic Devices Corporation of America. 
Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification to properly 
reflect this matter.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of Matsushita Electronic Components Corporation of America, a 
subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America who were 
adversely affected by a shift in production to China.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-54,986 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of Matsushita Electronic Components Corporation of 
America, a subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, 
now known as Panasonic Electronic Devices Corporation of America, 
including leased workers of Staffing Solutions, Knoxville, 
Tennessee, who became totally or partially separated from employment 
on or after May 25, 2003, through June 16, 2006, are eligible to 
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act 
of 1974, are also eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment 
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of March, 2005.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E5-1236 Filed 3-21-05; 8:45 am]
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